UDAL. 15 matter." " Mr. Daulton," said he, " go on to prove the points in the indictment ;" whichwere the following : 1. That Mr. Udal was the author of the book. 2. That he had a malicious intent in making it. 3. That the matters in the indictment werefelony by the statute of 0 Eliz. cap. 2. The first point to be proved, was, that Mr. Udal was the author of the book ; and here it is observable, that his judges did not stand upon the formality of bringing him and his accusers face to face, and cause them to appear as witnesses against him in open court ; but only their exami- nations were produced, to which the register swore. And, first, Stephen Chatfield's articles were brought forwards, containing a_report of certain papers he had seen in Mr. Udal's study. Upon seeing them, and asking whose they were, Mr. Udal answered, " a friend's." Chatfield then desired him to get rid of them ; for he feared they concerned the slate. He added, that Mr. Udal told him at another time, that if the bishops put him to silence, he would give them such a blow as theynever had. Chatfield was then called to witness these things, but he did not appear. Daulton said, he went out of the way on purpose. And when the judge said, 44 Mr. tidal, you are glad of that;" the prisoner replied, " My lord, I heartily wish he were here. For, as I am sure he could never say any thing to prove this point ; so I am able to prove, that he is very sorry that he ever made any complaint against me, con- fessing he did it in anger when Martin first came out, and by their suggestions whom he has since proved to be very bad men." Mr. Udal added, " That the book was pub- lished before he had this conversationwith Chatfield." And as he proceeded, the judge interrupted him, saying, the case was sufficiently clear. The examination of Nicholas Tomkins was next pro- duced. This Tomkins was now beyond sea, but the paper said, that Mr. Udal had told him, he was the author. But Tomkins himself afterwards said, 44 That he would not for a thousand worlds affirm any more, than that he heard Mr. Udal say, that he wouldnot doubt, but set his name to the book, if he had indifferent judges." When. Mr. Udal offered to produce his witnesses to prove this, the judge said, " That because the witnesses were against the queen's majesty, they could not be heard." The confession of Henry Sharp of Northampton, was next read, who, upon his oath before the lord chamberlain,
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